Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumsna, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumsna
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93132, -8.00413
- SMR number
- LE031-069----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the slight E-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 29m) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; H 0.2m), with traces of an external fosse at N. The original entrance is not identified, and the rath (LE031-068----) is c. 35m to the SW. Archaeological testing (94E0051) c. 20m to the E on the line of the N4 failed to produce any related material (Opie 1994, 5, fig. 9; 1995).
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 16 October 2019
References
Opie, H. 1994 Report on Archaeological Investigations at five sites, Drumsna/Jamestown by-pass, Co. Leitrim. Licence No. 94E0051 Unpublished report, V. J. Keely-Schmidt
Opie, H. 1995d Drumsna-Jamestown (Various sites centred on Drumsna). In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1994: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 52-3, no. 148, 1. Bray. Wordwell.
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